Car-stake holder.



R. LAFRAMBOISE.

OAR STAKE HOLDER. APPLICATION nun AUG. 3. 1914.

1,1 1 5,688. Patented Nov. 3, 1914 THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTOL ITHQ. WASHINGTON. D C,

7 noise, .arcitizen of the United States, resid-;

- leased from their;

i a ha gr'tamaimois or ROCK MI C HIGAN.

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To all. whomz't come'mkf I 1 Be at known that I," ROMAIN' LAFRAM- ln'gi at :the' city of Rock, Icountyof Delta, and iStateof Michigan, have invented new and Holdersiof which the follo-wingisra speoification.

b My inventionrelates to improvements in devices fordetachably supporting stakes along the side or 'sides'of flat cars, andit pertains more especially; tol that classgof "cars which are used for-shipping logs. It will be understood that when logs are piled up on thesurface of afiat car and; against the stakes,;that as ordinarily constructed,

it is difiicult. to withdraw the stakes from their sockets when'a load is resting against them.-;

The object ofmy; v I a device-by. which all the stakes uponf on'le side; of the car, may be simultaneouslyre+ sockets when the logs: free to roll from:

which rest against them are the platform-of the car.

Figure 1 represents a side view of alpo'ri showing two of the dev ces tionfof a'fiat' car, for supporting the stakes view of the mechanism. Fig. 3'is adetail showing the stake sockets secured Fig, 2 is a plan the doorof oneof in its closed posh tion, and Fig. 4 is a'frofnt viewof a hanger, shown in Fig. 3. g Like parts areidentified by. the saine refw erence numerals throughout the several views.

f 1 represents a portion of thefsideofrone of the cars. It will may be increased, I such sockets Willbe located at short intervals apart along the entire sidevor sides of.

the platform of the car. Each ofthe sockets comprises the two side members 2 and 3,

horizontal bracemembers hdg and-.5, 5, and door or front member 6.

pivotally supported fromthe brace members A; and 5, by the vertical hinge pin 7, which r nembersi i'sja spiral extends down through said;

p l I Specification"of'iiettersfatent. 1 Application fi1edAug1iSt3, 1914. =seria uo. 354,646;

useful Improvements in, Car-Stake inv'ention 'is to provide shownqin Fig.1 1,'

be understood that while I have shown butftwo stake holding sockets" inFigs; l and 2, the numberof said sockets. it being understOOId that,

The door 6 is foaasrrinnrionnhn;" i

ed to bear "againstrsaid door,

her hereinafter described, willbe quickly thrown *open by the recoil of said spring! Said-doorSis" retainedin itsclosed position. by the hooks 10, 1'0, cooperating'with the hooks-ll, 1 1 with engage when said doors are in their 'closed position} Thehooks 10, 10 are formed inteboth formed integral withthe lever l2, and I said lever 12 is pivotally afpost soc-ketby tlle pivotal bolt 13, While the lowerfend of said lever" '12" is provided; with a llookll; i

thehook 15 of the arm 16. The-armllti is pivotally'supported from the *lower side of the car 1f from the. hanger 17', by the longi H v wherebysaid door when released from the retaining metn-J gral wither rigidly connected to said doors; inythe' ordinary manner. The hooks llar connected" at its upper en'd'toone of the. side'm'embers 2 off which they are adapted 'to' o I which is adapted toi'engage I I tudin'al' shaftlSK Attached to said 'longr Etudin'al. shaft 118, is a tends downward and horizontal bar 20 by hangenilt), which exis connectediwith the the pivotal bolt 21;

sition beneath the car, by,

, The hanger for 7 the the hanger 22; 22 provided with l an aperture Inade sufiicie'ntly larger-than its lower side tov permit said bar 20, when raised from the positionj shown in Fig. 3, t0v slide freely through-it, while the lower side 23 of said, aperture 23 is madeinarrow, conforming in shape-to: the rear endof the bar 20, which I isnmadeflat and thin 'to conform to the.

lower side of said aperture 23; ;While ;;the front end of said bar 20 is enlarged andis provided with shoulders .24 adapted to en- :fgage the sides of the aperture 23 and prevent. said bar 20, position shown in Fig. 1 from moving "rear- Ward or toward; the right, reference, being had to Fig. 3, whereby the arms.l6 andol9, o hooks'll; 1 5 and hooks 10, -10 and 11,11, are normally retained in the position shown in Fig.';3, whereby the doo-r6 will befiprew, vented-from being thrown open andtwhereby thejstakes 26 will be rigidly supported in. their vertical position regardless of any pressure" which may be brought; to-bear. against them. When however, it'is desirous jto release the stakesythe operator. hassimply j to grasp'l'the; handle 2'5' and raise "the bar I2O tojthe upper side-of the aperture '23, .whereby the shoulders 24wi11be'brought I 4 )The bar 20 is supported in ahorizontalpo-- [My invention is further explained by'refl erence to ,theaccompanying draWingsin reception of said bar '20.- The] [upper end of said aperture 23 is preferably an additionalinumber of similar socket-in its closed position against the pres-. sure of the stakes and;

j Having thus describedmy invention what I clailnasnew, and

' of a plurality of stake sockets, each socket;

a 'pairofhooksconnected withfsaid door, a g

' tion', of; the same will be free to dropiofits,

onlyyof the sockets locatedupon oneside of;-

- ofa-plurality of'stake sockets, each socket of said doors from their closed to their open position as soon as released from said a 50 a with said lever adapted to normally engage the hooks of saiddoor, hooks connected with the lowerrend foffisaid' lever, a longitudinal shaft, and. armrigidly connected at one end to said shaft, and provided at its opposite endwith a hook, said last namedhook being adapted to engage the hook formed upon the lower end' ofsaid lever, a releasing arm rigidly connected at one end to said horiout ofcontact withthe sides of theaperture 23, and said bar will be free to move rear wardly in the upper portion of said aperture, when the arm '19 will movefto, the right, said shaft 18 will be caused to-performa partial revolution, whereby the arm lfiwill move downwardly and the hook15 will be disengaged from the. hook 14, thus permitting the lower end of the lever 12 to move forwardly ortowardtheleft, whereby the hooks 11, 11,:w-ill be disengaged from the=hooks 10,-10, whenthe door 6 will be thrown open bythe action of ,thespiral spring 9, thereby releasing thestakesL-QG fromstheirsockets when'theload or a poriconnected at oneend-tothe free end of said lreleasing arm and provided at: its opposite lvided with an aperture for said reciprocating bar, means iholding saidreciprocating bar in a fixed 'po- ,sitionin relation to said hanger, and vmeans lfor releasing said reciprocating 'bar andper- Emitting the. same to move thelplatform car, it w1ll be understood. that {aperture ofi aid hangen. theiniunber of such sockets on one side-Of l 3. The combination with the car, may not only be increased,- but i sockets may bensedupon the oppositevside ofthe-car, in-H ventionw herein being predicated, more especially, upon. thevmechanism shown and described forholding. the front door of the own. gravity from the side of the car.

WhileI- 'haveshown and: described a few lsockets, --each socket comprlsing two side lmembers, a pair ofbrace members, a door hinged: to one" pair of said side mem- ;bers, a pairof hooks connected with one side iof each of said-doors, a lever pivotally con Enected at itsupper end to one of said-side lmembers, a pair of'hooks connected to the iupperend of said lever, and adapted to enig'age the hooks of said door, ahook formed lin. connectionwith the lower end of said ,lever a horizontal sha'ft revolubly suspendled from the respectivesides of the car, an tels b a r a larm rigidly connected with each of said 1-. Inadeviceofthe described class, the combination witlrthe sideiof a railway car,

for, automatically releasing the stakes when desired-,..wl1ereby such stakes will: be free'to drop-.fromstheir supportingsockets.

desiretoxsecure by Letlengag'e the hooks on the lower ends of'the ,lever of theseveral stake sockets, an :addi- 'it-i'onal operating arm connected with. each gof said horizontal shafts, a reciprocating bar lpivotally connected with the free ends of eachofsaid last named armsya hanger suscomprising a pair of 'rigid side members, two pairs of brace menibers connected with said 'side members, a door pivotally 'connected. with one pair of said brace members, aplurality of hooks for normally holding saiddoor in its closed position, meansf' for manually and simultaneously releasing" the retaining hooks of all of said doors, and a spring for throwing all provided w1th an aperture for said recipro- ,;ca'ting bars, and means forireleasing each of said reciprocating-bars from engagement :with its supporting hangers, whereby the reitaining hooks. of said levers are released lfrom engagement with. the retaining hooks retaining hooks.

iof said: doors, whereby said doors are free 2. in a device of the'described class, the combination with the sideof a railway car,

gspring.

3 In testimonywhereof I afliX my signature gin the presence-of two witnesses. o

. :BQMAIN- LArnAnBoi-sn.

Witnesses: a I 1 FRANK JoHNsoN, WESLEY MILLER.

comprising ;a' pair of rigid side members, two'pairs of brace menbers connected with said? side members, a door pivotally connectedwith onepair of said bracemembers,

lever pivotally connected with one of said 1' s1deme1nbers, a pair of* hooks connected l jfloliies g o f this patent'iney: be obtained :6 ad dressing the washinzton lhqlf l 'zontal shaft, a reciprocating bar pivotally i endwith an operating. handle, ahanger proe the receptionvof,

for normally freely through :the

shafts, and provided with a'hook adapted to:

ipendedfrom the respective sides of the plat-' form of the car, eachof saidhangers being ;to vbe thrown open by the recoil of said Gqpmissioneroi Batents, 

